The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-05
"nR. C0NTRrS" CAREER.
1-yrnFr,c- THAT Ef5 AND BIG AadISr
Grant wERE IDENTICAL

bridge, Mass.
F0o,s ~ Ftrodciohia Press
ro.7NN. oct. 1s.-Tne discovery that Or.
,..rrt. the biesmist who died last April. in
.ls House OF direction in ESSt Cambridge,
49,. rope other than Dr. Lewis Contri. a
..s,ural son Il Victor Emmanuel, King Of
r.,t, has aroused a sensation. The facts as
.s-ated in yesterdays Press have since been
:, fullv corrohorated rs to leave no MASON
..sa doubt as h. the identity Of Or Grant.
r-,u, the time Of his arrest at Clayton,
\ = early in March fer swindiing Miss
i Ycv Tor-ey. Of Cambridge. ont OF $4,000,
,,7rl he hI,eathed has last his hpS remained
.,sle8 as 20 who snd what he was before he
,,,,rsi IN the criminal records Of the State
II. lst words were; The world shall
never know me ~ l was Now. however,
he curtain which separated the double
,s-s,nslitv rolls hack revealing the one
which for wears he has 50 efectualiy hidden.
Or Contri was born in Austria, hut was
,b- nsiura! offspring Of Victor Emmanuel.
l,r1 oi Italy. and ArchducneSS Adelaird, OF
Austria He was born in lSi2.twO months he
cor Victor Emmanuel and the archduchcSS
we're united in marriage. This unfortunate
,i~eilnrstance rendered him a natural child
only. Victor Emmanuel was at that time
sing Of Sardinia, and did not succeed TO the
throne of Italy until 1861.
The aspiration of the young Prince 10 the
throne Of Sardinia led to his being exiled 10y
his father. the King After a soJurn of some
Years in Paris. Dr.. Contri, otherwise DIR.
Grant, came TO America, and in New \ ork
civ Ne met and married the first Of his
many wives-a young German girl named
Louise Boden Miller. In 1861 he enlisted in
a New York regiment, and made good
record as a soldier.
CoNTRI'S SECOND GNFATUATIoN.
Jtsrpears that while engaged in battle
Dr. ConUri became separated from his COM
maud Before he knew 1.-THE found himself
comfortably installed in Richmond, and
while there became accQuainted with Miss
Virginia Saunders, q niece of jefferson Davis.
Their acquaintance soon ripened into love,
at least en- the part of the young woman,
who believed she had never before seen such
a picture of manhood as that reflected by
the erect and Soldierly form of Dr. Contri.
Thew were thrown very much together
during the siege, and the young prince took
ever occasion afforded to endear himself 70
the object of his affections The young
German girl was for the tine forgotten by
him in his desire to completely captivate the
Young Southern beauty. She did not forget
him. however, for when she found he had
deserted her she made application for
divorce and procured il on the gound of
neglect and deSertion.
Hardly had peace been declared before
Contri married Miss Saunders and flew
with her to Canada They resided in Mon
treal bat a few months when his young bride
died, leaving him once more a free man. He
returned at once 20 the States, and arrived
IN Boston in the spring of 1866, when
Fenianism was at its height. He espoused
the cause of Ireland and was among the first
TO enroll himself in the rank and file then
preparing for a raid upon Canada. So well
did he conduct himself that when the
FenialiS left Boston he filed the position Of
Colonel.
After several other women had been
tc'ncs>i by the gallans adventurer and the
Jo-tcT ~ served two -'tai~ term IN sing
S>z Ter biQsSSv he quisily l,-ft the country,
7et)>eing - ENSs,S~ for the purpose, n he
expreas>sl IL, OF a.>HCs~C OF some property
which h,>Sela there Is, ~ -~wn right Dur
ms his reSlt>S>re wgth Or. SS>Steshv's folks
~ East Boston x was ia cysls ssSs<>~smmuni-
,ation with par. > Ia ncarly as ~ >,sua-
tries Of Europe. hgfNS3y rlaN Cssl>S ~
did not bring him a / * wih = <r.oeS~S
postmark and stomp upoi NhSs ~
letters contained his wife !. ~ krsS~. -
they we're mostlS written IN - ntnsr
language than the English. She ~ - tf~
impression, however. thSt they had .i -
to DO with his former attempt against -
throne Of Sardinia. One thing was certain.
he bore no great love for his brother,
Humbert, the legal successor to the throne
of Italy. He repeatedly said that II was has
right and that if every one had his due he
should be the next king of Italy, being, n
be claimed, born under promise of marriage,
ana since that marriage was shortly after
consummated, he not Humbert, was the legal
heir TO their fathers right.
ASSUMING THE NAME OF GRANT.
King Victor Emmanuel died in 1873 and
YVES succeeded to the throne by his son
Humbert. DR. Contri was at that time
absent in Europe, but as TO the nature OF
his doings there no one appears to know.
The next heard of him was in London,
where, under the name of DR.. Grant. he
advertised as a specialist and lectured eX-
tensively on mind curing. Becoming once
more involved in trouble with the opposite
sex he returned TO the United States, where
he learned that Mrs. Jane Delaney, of
Boston, the only woman whom he acknowl-
edged as his real wife, had secured divorce
from him soon after he abandoned her. IL
was while out upon lecture tour that he
first met and married the woman who is
known as Kate Ray, his alleged sister.
Together they conspired to do up" the
al ke PRICES VI lHc Nouub III
the summer Of 1884 DR. Contri and his sister
were at Old Orchard Beach, Ne, under the
name of DR.. Perry. He claimed - be an
extremely wealthy Englishman with untold
possessions in Australia. The woman he
passed off as mis- sister also possessed great
wealth Among the visitors to the beach
was Miss Emna KaneS, of st. Thomas,
Csuads. whom re married in short order
ee secured SoC, 900 from her and then left
her 10 NOUN ever her mistsIist IN ail Plaa-
klnd Ne PROPOSED % r number or ctleF
lie. a. .,,or5 49, 50 near n marrying ,I
'iIs. y M er;S, a riea NJ to her The
uk, A,e., "S o oe ens VA fortunately
7sly t1tsa isresco OF he. NJ
'e4 her W. To the heart
At fe-ere Bes,n he laid Sc 10. Il. pro
Miss Riddis, Of Mancheste- -
ed to hsr and gas rejecpeal \wr,-.vs
NUMEROUS MA~EIIoNIAL \N.,,.~,,,,o,,-
From 1880 to 1887 tine Doctor nsnerous 10
ventures were almost too w
'ntior. &tNiSs Iucy
n August, 1855, he married Ssath later
rrey, of Cambridge, and 10 isr whole
serted her, taking witt him o. h. worth
tune This venture proved T. (E sum
out 500, 900 to the Italian print 4 HAT affair
mol, he lta.-,a.I g,f Aftals IA IL 7